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title: 'How Much Money YouTube Paid Me After 1000 Subscribers (My First 6 Months as a Monetized Creator)'
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date: 2026-06-16
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# How Much Money YouTube Paid Me After 1000 Subscribers (My First 6 Months as a Monetized Creator)

> Source: [How Much Money YouTube Paid Me After 1000 Subscribers (My First 6 Months as a Monetized Creator)](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nb7834cmwG4)

## Summary

The video details the creator's first 6 months of YouTube monetization after hitting 1,000 subscribers, including monthly earnings, RPM changes, and key lessons learned. It provides a transparent breakdown of how much money was made from AdSense and how revenue fluctuated with video performance.

### Key Points

- **Slow Start** [0:08] — The creator started the channel in April, and for the first 6 weeks videos got less than 10 views each.
- **Breakthrough Video** [0:34] — The 12th video unexpectedly took off, leading to 1,000 subscribers in 8 days and monetization shortly after.
- **Monetization Requirements** [1:01] — Requirements: 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 watch hours. It took 59 days for subscribers and 71 days for watch hours.
- **Monthly Earnings Breakdown** [2:05] — June: 102,000 views, $8.74 (only last day paid). July: 167,000 views, $675.29. August: 92,000 views, $412.99. September: 64,000 views, $236.63. October: 86,000 views, $414.15. November: 134,000 views, $659.58.
- **RPM Improvement** [5:57] — RPM started at $2.73 and improved to $6.58 over six months, meaning 2-3x more money per 1,000 views.
- **Key Lessons** [6:34] — First breakthrough often comes from an unexpected video; monetization is the start, not the finish line.

## Transcript

In this video, I'm going to share with
you how much YouTube paid me in the
first 6 months after hitting 1,000
subscribers. So, to give you a bit of
context, I started this channel in April
of this year. And for the first 6 weeks,
you can see that my videos were getting
basically no views at all. I mean, I
remember posting some videos that were
getting less than 10 views each. And of
course, to pour your heart and soul into
your videos and for them to get
essentially no views, it does sting a
little bit. like let's just be honest
with each other. But I knew I had to
keep going. And I think it was the 12th
video that I posted, which is this one
right here, is the one that really,
really took off. And you can see that in
the 8 days after posting that video, my
channel hit 1,000 subscribers and I got
monetized just a couple weeks after
that, which was such a crazy feeling.
Like, I never expected in my wildest
dreams for the channel to take off that
quickly. Now, if you're unsure about how
monetization on YouTube works, you
essentially need two requirements to get
monetized. So, you need to hit 1,000
subscribers and also 4,000 watch hours.
And for most people, myself included,
they will hit 1,000 subscribers first
and then it usually takes a little bit
longer to hit 4,000 watch hours. So, for
me, it took 59 days to hit 1,000
subscribers after posting my first
video. and it took 71 days to hit 4,000
watch hours. So that's around 10 weeks.
And once you hit those requirements, you
have to actually apply to get monetized.
So after I applied, it took about 8 days
for me to actually start earning money
from AdSense. So now let's dive into how
much money YouTube actually paid me in
my first 6 months of being [music]
monetized. Okay, so we'll start off with
month number one. And the reason I'm
doing it month by month is because later
in the video, I want to show you
something about how the amount of money
that you make per 1,000 views actually
changes as you get further into the
partnership program. And I think you're
going to find that really interesting.
So, in June, my channel received 102,000
views. I gained 3.9,000
subscribers and I made a grand total of
$8.74,
which sounds really bad, but it's only
because I only actually got paid for the
last day of the month. So, let's move on
to July. Now, this was my first full
month of being monetized, and this month
was absolutely insane because I actually
had two videos that were popping off at
the same time. So, you can see that my
views were much higher. So, I received
167,000 views, 5.7,000
subscribers, which is crazy. And I got
paid a grand total of $67529.
Now, of course, this isn't life-changing
money. You know, I definitely can't live
on this as a monthly income, but to me,
this is still amazing. You know, it pays
for some bills and maybe a few nights
out in the month. And also, just to be
fully transparent, this isn't the main
way that I make money from this channel.
I actually have a community for beginner
creators and a couple other things as
well, which by the way, some of our
members inside the community are getting
insane results at the moment. So, if you
are struggling to grow your audience,
link in the description. I can help you
out. Okay, so in August, my channel
received 92,000 views, 2.3,000
subscribers, and I made $412.99.
So you can see it's actually come down a
little bit from the month before. Now
September is where things get a little
bit interesting. And one of the reasons
why I wanted to show you this month by
month is to show you just how much your
income is going to fluctuate when you
get monetized. For example, in this
month I gained 64,000 views, 1.4,000
4,000 subscribers, but I only made
$23663,
which is actually only a third of what I
made a couple of months before. But this
is totally normal because every channel
has videos that take off and then of
course those videos have to come back
down and you just have to get used to
the fact that your income is also going
to go up and then it's going to come
right back down with the views. So in
October things started to pick back up
again. So, I gained 86,000 views, 2,000
subscribers, and made $414.15.
And finally, last month in November, I
had another video that did quite well,
and I received $134,000
views, 3.3,000 subscribers, and I made a
grand total of $65958,
which is almost my best month so far. In
fact, I had this day right here where I
received $44. And I'm pretty sure that's
the most I've made so far in a single
day. Now, like I said, this definitely
isn't life-changing money. And I tell
you guys this literally all the time,
but YouTube AdSense is never going to be
your main source of income as a creator.
For example, if you do want to become a
full-time creator, then you can make so
so much more money from sponsorships and
of course creating your own products as
well. Now, the next thing I want to show
you is really interesting, and I wasn't
actually aware of this before I got
monetized. So, I want to talk to you
about something called RPM, and how that
actually changes over time. So, your RPM
is basically the amount of money that
you get paid per 1,000 views on your
videos. For example, if your RPM was $5,
every 1,000 views that you get on your
channel, you make $5. But something I
didn't know is that when you get
monetized, your RPM can actually
drastically improve over time. So you
can see that when I got monetized, my
RPM was $2.73.
And this number is pretty low. But you
can see that over the course of the next
six months, my RPM slowly but surely
improves all the way up to $658,
which is crazy because that means I'm
making two to three times more money for
every 1,000 views that I get on my
videos. So, I want to end this video by
giving you a couple of lessons that I
really wish I knew before I got
monetized. And if you're still on your
journey towards monetization, I think
you're going to find this really
valuable. So, the first lesson is that
your first breakthrough will always come
from an unexpected video. It's almost
always the video that you didn't really
expect to take off. For example, the
first video of mine that blew up was
essentially just a yapping video. There
was no fancy editing. I didn't really
put that much work into it. It was
basically just me telling a personal
story and sharing my experiences. And
then on the other hand, I've had videos
that I've spent absolutely ages on and
I've poured my heart and soul into and
they've just completely bombed. And
that's kind of the irony of YouTube. The
less you try hard to impress people, the
more impressive you become. And the
second lesson is that monetization is
the start, not the finish line. So I
think a lot of new creators, they treat
monetization like it's the end goal and
it's all that really matters. But once
you actually get monetized, you realize
that it's literally just level one. And
there are so many more levels to
becoming a full-time creator and turning
all this into a full-time business. And
on that note, if you do want to dive
into the easiest way to make money as a
small creator, even if you're not
monetized, I actually made this video
right here where I give you an ultra
simple blueprint on how I reached my
first $10,000 month as a complete
beginner. So yeah, click onto that video
and [music] I'll see you there.
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